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For the 16th time this season the Sox took a lead into the 7th inning or later...and lost. 16...and we aren't even at the All-Star break yet. Wow!

Yea his right arm is incapable of signing but he now does it with his left hand. (That's how I got mine) He works out regularly and is taking his medication. Both he and Susie (his wife) are doing well. Sold the beach house in N.J. and now live full time in Sarasota. Wonderful guy to speak with, has terrific stories about his days with the Sox especially the 1990 season, catching Koufax and Ryan, Willie Mays, his days with the Dodgers and the time Koufax and Clemente went nose to nose before a game at Dodger Stadium.

Just FYI, Jeff is alive and well. Speak with him every few months. I can tell you this, he is baseball sharper right now at his age than Grifol is, that's for sure.

The bolded IS my position categorically because THERE IS NO OTHER VIABLE WAY OUT. Again JR isn't changing his operating philosophy. No top shelf free agents No long term deals for pitchers No negotiating with certain agents Fiscal responsibility when it comes to team payroll Do you want me to go on????????????????????? The first rebuild failed because guys constantly were injured AND this is often overlooked JR REFUSED to finish the deal. They had little depth, did not get the franchise changing player (Machado/Harper) and over ruled his front office to bring in TLR. He thinks his way is the right way, history shows it isn't but that simply doesn't register with him. So what can you do? 1. Outlive current ownership 2. Break out those VHS tapes and DVD of Sox games/highlights from better seasons 3. Do EXACTLY what they are doing now, trading anybody worth a damn for prospects and "hope" they can develop and turn the franchise around. That's all I've got.

Complete agree. Which is why the only solution to this dilemma is new ownership completely gutting the baseball side of the franchise and replacing them with qualified individuals from winning organizations. That's the ONLY way out since JR isn't changing his ways.

Because he'll be 33 when his deal is up and the Sox aren't going anywhere in the next few years.

They say misery loves company. At least from my perspective the Cubs being in last place brings a smile to my face when I check the standings.

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/eloy-jimenez-talks-about-his-struggles-with-injuries-in-career

Asking another team to take on that amount of money, at least 50 million, for a terrible player is a longshot in my opinion. Even if the Sox are willing to take a bad contract back in return, of what benefit is that to the team getting him? It's a push which changes nothing. The Sox would have to agree to pay a sizable chunk of his salary. Me thinks they are stuck with him for another two years then they DFA his ass.

Grifol just loves his excuses: “Just little things, little details,” manager Pedro Grifol said. “The game [Thursday] came up to a few decisions that we opted in another direction that cost us. And against that team right there, you can’t.” ? It's July 4th Pedro, weren't you supposed to work on "little details" in spring training?

Loss #64 is now in the books.

I'll be curious to see if in fact this takes place.

He gets around doesn't he?

In the distance JR is reading this and laughing like crazy.

His deal this year is for 755,000 dollars. I wouldn't call that never getting any sort of payday and this is his third year in the league so he made money the first two years. Is it mega-mega millions? No. But if he invests it wisely he and his family will be fine.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2024/07/03/former-white-sox-vp-ken-williams-wants-another-title-open-to-returning-to-baseball I'd be surprised if he got another look given his age and reputation.

Those Cleveland pitchers should be really embarrassed. ? His batting average now is up to .096!

What was he the previous few years? A starter...make that a failed starter. ?

if you think about it the loser mentality permeates the entire organization from top to bottom all areas, all departments since the start of the 2007 year.

Correct. He ripped it diving for a ball hit down the line.

This may be what you are remembering: September 6, 1999 - In a double header at Texas, manager Jerry Manuel and star DH Frank Thomas got into an argument after Thomas refused to pinch hit in the second game. Manuel was livid and sent Thomas back to Chicago. Thomas had pinch hit in the first game and struck out. It was discovered after examination by team doctors that Thomas saying he was hurt rang true. They found a bone spur the size of a walnut on the outside of his ankle which required surgery and ended his season.

“This would have been a really good one, coming back twice and being able to steal this one,” Grifol said. “We’ve got to be able to clean those things up.” ? It's July 2nd Pedro, you aren't cleaning anything up with these buffoons.

I'm also guessing the sheer ineptness on and off the field has made coverage and readership of the Sox perhaps at its lowest point since the late 60's - 1970 for both mainstream and internet media. As Charlie Finley once said (talking about Bill Veeck's ownership) "You can't ballyhoo a funeral..."

Forgot about Cleveland and Milwaukee. Boston has been one of the most successful franchises for decades is the point I was trying to make, that's why I had them listed with the other franchises.

Agreed however it should be noted that the only reason it was done was because U.S. Cellular paid for the changes. I don't think JR would have done anything on his own dime.